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Georgia men plead to million-dollar id theft/fraud scheme
LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Derrick Nathaniel Hartfield, 45, of Smyrna, Ga., and Rico Carty Clemons, 47, of Riverdale, Ga., pleaded guilty Monday before U....
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Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin
Allain’s Citizens rate bill rejected
BATON ROUGE, La. — Lawmakers in the House rejected a proposal Tuesday that sought legislative review of large rate increases for customers of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort. The House ...
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Louisiana news briefs
Holes plugged in sinkhole’s berm BAYOU CORNE — Texas Brine Co. contractors have plugged the final two breaches in a containment berm around the Assumption Parish sinkhole after heavy rain and high...
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Louisiana news briefs
Breaux Bridge man dies in wreck ST. MARTINVILLE — Louisiana state police say a motorcycle rider has been killed in a two vehicle crash on La. 31 in St. Martin Parish. The accident happened Monday ...
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Motorcycle runs into back of truck slowing in road, cyclist killed
BREAUX BRIDGE – A motorcycle ran into the back of a pickup truck slowing down to retrieve something that had fallen from the truck bed. State Police said the collision occured about 9 a.m. Monday o...
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Gerald
7 KILLED Judge resentences driver, result same, about 30 years in prison
ST. FRANCISVILLE – On Tuesday, 20th District Judge William Carmichael resentenced a Greensburg man convicted of seven counts of vehicular homicide. In March, Carmichael sentenced Brett Gerald to 1...
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REVOLTING! Accused pleads to child porn charges, some involving infants
LAFAYETTE--United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Monday that Ray Hatton III, 30, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to possessing child...
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Size of storm may be just as important as hurricane's strength
MORGAN CITY — When preparing for a hurricane or tropical storm, the size of the storm may be just as important as the category, officials from the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and ...
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14 charged in bizarre jail videos
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Indictments were filed Friday against 14 inmates in connection with videos showing prisoners brazenly using drugs, drinking beer and flashing a loaded gun in the New Orleans jail...
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Lafourche, Terrebonne join ozone program
HOUMA (AP) — Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are joining in a regional effort to curb ozone pollution as the federal government is poised to enact stricter air-quality standards that could put pa...
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Police: Man, 19, sought in N.O. parade shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early today for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19. Polic...
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Audit: $42M in layoff costs for LSU privatization
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s push to privatize all but one of the LSU-run hospitals across south Louisiana will cost the state an estimated $42 million to make the layoffs, according to a...
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